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The '''''Adore'' tour''' kicked off with a televised performance on ''[[w:Later... with Jools Holland|Later... with Jools Holland]]'' in London, and continued through 21 countries, ending in Argentina. Some dates abroad were billed as ''An Evening with The Smashing Pumpkins''. The band performed at a number of at what had been called an "eclectic mix of interesting venues",<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pumpkins-premiere-songs-from-adore-19980505 |title=Pumpkins Premiere Songs From "Adore" |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 5, 1998 |accessdate=April 3, 2007}}</ref> among them the rooftop of a FNAC record store in Paris, France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=624 |title=1998-06-04, FNAC Rooftop |publisher=spfc.org |accessdate=February 18, 2007}}</ref> in the botanic gardens of Brussels, Belgium,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songkick.com/concerts/639704-smashing-pumpkins-at-botanique |title=1998-05-28, Smashing Pumpkins, Botanique |accessdate=September 8, 2011}}</ref> at the [[w:Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=612 |title=1998-05-18, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès |publisher=spfc.org |accessdate=October 29, 2014}}</ref> and at an International Shipping Harbor in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=647 |title=1998-06-19, Overseas Passenger Terminal|publisher=spfc.org |accessdate=October 29, 2014}}</ref>

The lineup was the most expansive yet. With original drummer [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] out of the band, [[w:John Mellencamp|John Mellencamp]] and [[w:Melissa Etheridge|Melissa Etheridge]] drummer [[Kenny Aronoff]] took the lead, with [[Dan Morris]] and [[Stephen Hodges]] on backup percussion. Famed pianist [[Mike Garson]] served as the keyboardist. In retrospect, Corgan regretted the decision to hire the two percussionists to play alongside Aronoff, instead of having the drummer play along with loops from the album. "That drove Kenny up the wall because Kenny has perfect time and one guy played on top and the other behind. I remember Kenny saying, 'I feel like I'm tripping on LSD' because he kept hearing things that were not in time, and it drove him crazy," said Corgan in the ''[[Adore]]'' reissue liner notes. Performing with Garson was also challenging because, according to Corgan, "he made a decision 40 years ago that he would live in the intuitive flow of what he was feeling, so he literally cannot play the same thing twice. So we'd have gigs where he'd have that same magic as on ''[[w:Aladdin Sane|Aladdin Sane]]'' and the next night he'd come and play the extreme opposite style—like [[w:honkytonk|honkytonk]]. I really respect Mike, but to play with him was always challenging; precisely because he is such a supreme musician."<ref>[[w:David Wild|Wild, David]]. "'Adore' of Perceptions", ''Adore'' reissue liner notes, 2014. Retrieved on September 3, 2015.</ref>